Chapter 10.20
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES1
Sections:
10.20.010 Parking or driving commercial vehicles over 6,000 pounds (three tons) prohibited except on certain streets.
10.20.020 Signs required.
10.20.030 Exceptions.
10.20.040 Truck weight limits.
10.20.050 Exceptions.
10.20.010 Parking or driving commercial vehicles over 6,000 pounds (three tons) prohibited except on certain streets.
A. No person shall drive or park a commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of 6,000 pounds (three tons) on any street within the city except for the following streets:
1. Buskirk Avenue;
2. Contra Costa Boulevard;
3. Geary Road;
4. Gregory Lane;
5. Grayson Road between Pleasant Hill Road and Taylor Boulevard;
6. Monument Boulevard;
7. North Main Street;
8. Pleasant Hill Road, north of Gregory Lane;
9. Taylor Boulevard.
B. For purposes of this section, a commercial vehicle is a vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. (Ord. 714 § 1, 1997; 1991 code § 8-5.1)
10.20.020 Signs required.
The city traffic engineer shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by designating the streets identified in PHMC § 10.20.010 as permitted routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a minimum gross weight limit of 6,000 pounds (three tons). (Ord. 714 § 1, 1997; 1991 code § 8-5.2)
10.20.030 Exceptions.
The following vehicles are excepted from the provisions of PHMC § 10.20.010:
A. A passenger bus under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission;
B. A vehicle owned by a public utility while necessarily in use in the construction, installation or repair of a public utility;
C. A vehicle making a pickup or delivery of goods, wares or merchandise from or to property located on a restricted street, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of a building on a restricted street, for which a building permit has been obtained;
D. An emergency vehicle, recreational motor home, or garbage truck operating under a current franchise agreement with the city. (Ord. 714 § 1, 1997; 1991 code § 8-5.3)
10.20.040 Truck weight limits.
Subject to the exceptions in PHMC § 10.20.050, commercial vehicles will be regulated by city council resolution, which is on file in the police department. (Ord. 651 § 1, 1990; 1991 code § 8-5.4)
10.20.050 Exceptions.
In addition to vehicles excepted from coverage by state law, emergency vehicles, recreational motor homes and garbage trucks operating under a current franchise agreement with the city are excepted from the weight restrictions in PHMC § 10.20.030. (Ord. 651 § 1, 1990; 1991 code § 8-5.5)
Prior legislation: Portions of 1978 code §§ 8.32.760, 8.32.770 and Ords. 57 and 651.